Butterflies flitted across the tops of the more pedestrian false indigo and goldrenrod.

Gardeners short of space can try Baptisia minor, a dwarf cousin of the false or blue indigo.

The common name "blue false indigo" is derived from it being used as a substitute for the superior dye-producing plant Indigofera tinctoria.

Baptisia (false indigo, wild indigo) is a genus of about 35 species in the family Fabaceae (legumes).

Flower species include yellow cone flower, prairie dock, lupin, black-eyed Susan, spiderwort, and false indigo.

But the feathery white stems of Russian sage will stay, an ethereal counterpoint to the matte black foliage of the false indigo.

They are commonly known as false indigo.

They also feed on woody legumes such as false indigo and locust.

Larvae feed on Amorpha californica, false indigo.

The strong growing false indigo, though a handsome plant with its dramatic black seed pods, does need to be managed.